_Gentlemen_: Gentlemens desious of Settling in some Small Northern Town With a modrate Population & also Where a Colored man may open a business Also where one may receive fairly good wedges for a While ontill well enough, azainted with Place to do a buiseness in other words Wonts to locate in Some Coming town Were agoodly no, of colard People is. Wonts to Work At Some occupation ontill I can arrange for other buiseness Just Give Me information As to the best placers for a young buiseness Negro to locate & make good. in. Any Northern State Thanking you inavance any information you may give in regards to Laber & buiseness Location Also when good Schools or in opration Please adress P. S. answer this at once as I plain to leave the South by May the 3rd. I can furnish best reffreces. DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE, 5/20, 1917. THE DEFENDER, NEGRO NEWS JOURNAL, _My dear Sir_: Please hand this letter to the Agency of the negro Employment Bureau--connected with your department--that I may receive a reply from the same--I am a practical fireman--, or stoker as the yankee people call it--have a good knowledge of operating machinery--have been engaged in such work for some 20 yrs--will be ready to call--or come on demand--I am a married man--just one child, a boy about 15 yrs--of--age--a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church--and aspire to better my condition in life--Do me the kindness to hand this to the agent. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. I seen your advertisement in the Chicago defender where you would direct men with families where to go in order to find good work. I am a Southern cook, butler or Janitor I have two boys age 15 yrs & 13 yrs, and wife that does maid work now I would like for you to help me locate myself & family some where up there for work I can furnish reference to thirteen years of service at one place I am anxious to come right away. LEXINGTON, MISS., May 12-17. _My dear Mr. H----:_--I am writing to you for some information and assistance if you can give it. I am a young man and am disable, in a very great degree, to do hard manual labor. I was educated at Alcorn College and have been teaching a few years: but ah: me the Superintendent under whom we poor colored teachers have to teach cares less for a colored man than he does for the vilest beast. I am compelled to teach 150 children without any assistance and receives only $27.00 a month, the white with 30 get $100.